Civil Rights

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Please view and take notes on It's a Free Country Video and/or Professor Patterson's lecture on Civil Rights and read the Civil Rights chapter in your textbook. Then respond to the following two questions:

  1. Explain the purpose and role of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution. How did this amendment change the relationship between the States and the Bill of Rights? What was the context of this amendment? And why is it so significant to equality for all?
  2. Discuss one additional action taken by the government to advance equality for all. Which branch was responsible for this advance?

Once you have posted your response, the other students' responses will appear. Please read over the other students' response and then reply to at least one classmate. In your reply identify something you had not previously been aware of or something which challenges you to think differently.


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Running head: CIVIL RIGHTS

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Civil Rights
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Institution:

CIVIL RIGHTS

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Civil Rights and the 14th amendment of the United States constitution
The attainment of civil rights is not possible and achievable without a constitution to
guide how the rights should be protected and adhered to. The constitution formulates and dictates
the rights and freedoms that should be enjoyed by citizens of a particular country. However,
certain clauses of the constitution may be outdated with time due to political or social changes....


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